Category: Cold Cave

It’s another mini-Matador fest at Primavera Sound festival this year, as Queens of the Stone Age, DARKSIDE, Body/Head, Lee Ranaldo and The Dust, Majical Cloudz and Glasser all descend upon Barcelona for the weekend of May 29th-31st. Elsewhere amongst the line-up familiar faces include Spoon, Mogwai and Cold Cave ,with tickets on sale now from www.primaverasound.es.

In other news, Wesley Eisold’s much-celebrated American Nightmare/Give Up The Ghost project is playing a rare reunion show this summer in New York City on July 22. Tickets go on sale tomorrow and are certain to disappear quickly.

Cold Cave are gearing up to play a special performance on April 27 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum here in New York City as part of the Divine Ricochet series, accompanying a screening of John Chamberlain: Choices. Tickets are on sale this Tuesday (for members) and Wednesday (for general public). More info on the event here.

Back in early January WE SHOCKED THE MUSIC WORLD with news of a $1.98 Matador/True Panther Sounds sampler LP including (mostly) new songs from The Young, Ceremony, Lee Ranaldo Tanlines, Perfume Genius, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Fucked Up, Girls, Cold Cave, Esben and The Witch and Kurt Vile. It’s come to our attention that a) there’s a few stragglers out there who’ve yet to order this limited edition LP, and b) some of you either trashed your record players or simply prefer music in digital form.

So here’s the deal — you can still order the vinyl version from The Matador Store or hound your local retailer who might’ve filed it in THE $2 BIN. Failing that, here’s a free download of the entire compilation. You’re welcome!

A few weeks back we mentioned Belle And Sebastian’s forthcoming 12″ EP (out July 26, pre-order it) which is backed with several exclusive b-sides, including a remix of the track “I Didn’t See It Coming” by COLD CAVE’s Wes Eisold. Today, we’re excited to share that track with you.

Also, we’ll take this moment to remind you that Cold Cave’s US tour starts in Brooklyn tonight, and we’ve excited to announce a following bunch of dates which brings the band to Europe in August and September (new dates in bold).

Last week on their website, COLD CAVE’s Wesley Eisold posted a pretty spectacular mix of “songs for the summer”; a playlist containing sounds ranging from pure pop to avant garde, some familiar and some obscure, somehow all tied together loosely for this season and certainly worthy of repeat listens.

Last week we posted the Belle and Sebastian video for “Come On Sister” and if that’s not enough video goodness, Belle and Sebastian have another video out today for “I Didn’t See It Coming” (Richard X mix) by Glasgow based artist, Lesley Barnes.

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This summer, you’ll be able to pick up the new Belle and Sebastian 12” (July 26 release). This vinyl-only release includes reworked versions of Write About Love tracks – including a Cold Cave remix of “I Didn’t See It Coming”.

Come On Sister 12” Track Listing:

Come On Sister (Tony Doogan mix)
I Didn’t See It Coming (Richard X mix)
I Didn’t See It Coming (Cold Cave mix)
Blue Eyes of a Millionaire (Album version)

We’ve been announcing a lot of headlining Cold Cave summer tour dates on the Matablog recently. And we’ve got a few more dates to add to the ever-growing list as the band have just confirmed July shows in LA, San Francisco, Portland and Vancouver. Here’s a full look at where they’ll be and when. And don’t forget; if you cannot wait until July, you can still catch the band this May in Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Columbus and Pittsburgh.

Indeed, NYC synth magicians Cold Cave will help Los Angelinos get through that rough period between most recent coffee to delicious lunchtime with a 30-minute set today on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. Tune in at 11:15AM PDT/2:15PM EDT (perhaps it will help us right-coasters with our digestion) to hear Wes Eisold and his band of keyboard warriors unleash tunes from the awesome new Cherish The Light Years under the watchful gaze and alongside the thoughtful questioning of Jason Bentley. As you’re probably well aware, KCRW can be heard at 89.9FM or can be streamed online. Cold Cave also rocks it, nighttime-stylee, tonight at The Music Box at The Henry Fonda. The show is sold out, but perhaps you know a guy who knows a guy.

And an update since yesterday’s post; you can now also win a chance at tickets to Space 15Twenty by tuning in to KXLU (88.9FM Los Angeles). KXLU will be giving away tickets on the air until Noon PST today. Don’t miss out!

All the wristbands have been handed out, but the first 100 attendees to show up at Space 15 Twenty will be admitted (based on capacity)

And don’t forget, Cold Cave will also be playing The Music Box this Friday (SOLD OUT) with tour-mates, The Kills. And if that’s not enough Cold Cave will also be performing live on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” this Friday morning (live at 11:15AM PST, 2:15PM EST). Details here.

I’ll start with the bad news: tonight’s Kills/Cold Cave show in Seattle is sold out. Actually, a lot of the tour dates below are sold out. So hopefully you managed to score a ticket or two.

The good news: Cold Cave is playing a live set at Seattle’s KEXP today, allowing those of you who can’t make it to the live show to get a sense of what you’re missing, and fire you up for the inevitable return of Wes Eisold and crew to your city/town/market. The session airs tonight at 6:00PM EST/3:00PM PST, and will wing its way to you on the 90.3FM frequency in Seattle, or at kexp.org in the less rainy parts of the country/world.

Don’t forget that Cold Cave’s new album is available for purchase on all of today’s relevant formats. And here are those tour dates I mentioned. More to come soon.

Ahead of their LA support slot with The Kills next Friday, Cold Cave will be performing a free show at the Urban Outfitters’ affiliated Space 15Twenty.

The event is free for RSVPs and wristband holders. Details of how to get tickets are on the band’s Facebook page, but you can also collect wristbands from Amoeba Records who have 50 available right now for the first fans to head to the store and to pick one up in person.

As announced on the official Coachella page, stage times are out now for all bands playing this weekends festival and you’ll find Matador and True Panther bands well represented, without any clashes (…hopefully) too!

Surrounded as we are by an ever-increasing number of cameras in our daily lives, we begin to lose ownership of our own images. Anonymous technology is analyzing, categorizing and archiving our very existence.

Interpol, in collaboration with David Lynch, Andi Watson, HPX and Wieden & Kennedy present a visual juxtaposition of the seen and the unseen. As the observer becomes the observed, the performance explores the deepening layers of covert surveillance, morphing data acquisition into visual beauty and questioning the fine line between the viewer and the voyeur.

Featuring the premiere of the David Lynch animation “I Touch A Red Button Man” for the song “Lights”, and utilizing real-time visual manipulation from Seattle-based HPX, the performance will be streamed live to the internet as well as to the audience at Coachella.

As a special bonus for the iPad nation, the iTunes version of the album comes with “LP” – the first-ever iTunes LP for Matador. It has a bunch of hand-written lyrics from Wes and a grip of photos from the band’s last tour around the world. You can get that here.

And while you can catch the band opening up for the Kills over the next month, the first few shows of the band’s upcoming July tour have been confirmed.

If you purchase(d) the album from Rough Trade today, you will not only have received a free poster, but also a wristband to guarantee you entry into the show. But fear not ! There will still be wristbands available on the door on a first come first served basis.

Cold Cave play their final UK show of the tour tomorrow in London before a couple of dates in Europe.